Rowan Moore

A personal announcement: I’m taking a break from writing articles until the end of July. I’m looking forward to being back at the keyboard then.

Still magnificent after all these years

Even if you’re not a person of faith, there are reasons to see Antoni Gaudí as a saint | Rowan Moore The Catholic church has taken the first steps to canonise the architect of Barcelona’s extraordinary Sagrada Família

"In a debate that affects the lives of many and sometimes vulnerable people, a bit more honesty would help."
@rowanmoore.bsky.social

I greatly love this city

Name the architect, and the city

Last Friday I finished reading Property @rowanmoore.bsky.social It has changed how I think about my home, houses around me, village church, local shop, struggles of my family & so many others, and how I read the news. Possession, when compared with property, informs alienation & belonging.

Also magic. There’s a lot of it in Wiltshire

I’ve checked with the architect who assures me that the EV point is powered from the battery which is powered by the solar panels

Thank you. I’ll look into this

How to solve the house price conundrum? Look no further than Gwynedd in Wales

Magical, this, from Al and Pete

Highgate Newtown Community Centre review – if you’re looking for design that humanises, here it is An old Territorial Army drill hall has been transformed into an inspiring mixed-used development for local people that’s more than the sum of its parts

"It’s a fat-thin, heavy-light, orderly-informal, messy-coherent, serious-playful sort of place".
@rowanmoore.bsky.social has written a delightful Guardian review of HNCC—a new mixed-use community, residential and public realm project we've recently completed for Camden Council.

I can't wait to get my copy!!!

Out now: the new edition of Property: the Myth that Built the World. With added chapter How to Solve a Housing Crisis

www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

Thank you
Read more about it here www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis Taking anxiety off the market to create a better society is not easy – but it can be done, says our architecture critic

government strategy on the #HousingCrisis is as poorly considered as I feared. please read reminder of excellent recommendations by @rowanmoore.bsky.social to alter course:

@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis Taking anxiety off the market to create a better society is not easy – but it can be done, says our architecture critic

Every word of this. Thank you @rowanmoore.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Francophone

Grain silos ❤️

Montreal

The original is also quite good

If you are yet to discover the work of the Montreal architect Dan Hanganu, much joy awaits you

More church spires should be clad in tin

Really nasty stuff.

I believe that the theme of Expo 67 was Totally Misguided Yet Nonetheless Impressive Visions Of The Future

“All buildings are predictions of the future and predictions are always wrong”

Perfectly beautiful and perfectly useless

‘A slice of 1970s Babylon restored’: living the office dream at the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke This trailblazing office building by Arup Architects has been treated to a subtle £32m renovation that still has wellness at its heart

🌳 'A slice of 1970s Babylon restored'

@rowanmoore.bsky.social in The Observer on the green renovation of the Grade II listed Mountbatten / Gateway House (Arup Associates and James Russell, 1974-76) - more popularly known as the 'Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke'.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Oh hey! He's also on bluesky! @rowanmoore.bsky.social Follow him here, and if you want to learn more about his thoughts on architecture, pick up "Why We Build" and "Slow Burn City".

🙌 @carletonu.bsky.social school of architecture for hosting at OAG @rowanmoore.bsky.social

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